Food in Faroe Islands

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Postby Hunef » 2007-03-28, 16:55

Mulder-21 wrote:Hunef, it tastes salty.

Because it's conserved or prepared in salt, or because the meat is actually salty?
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Postby Catharina » 2007-03-28, 18:34

Man I wan't wait to get to the Faeroes:-)

I had lundi once in Iceland, some years ago...carpaccio from smoked puffin...it was VALHALLA and I would love to have it again! *melts into a puddle on the floor*

I had whale too that night, but it tasted a little like liver, which I don't like so much. I look forward to trying the dried whale strips.

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Postby Hunef » 2007-03-28, 19:28

Catharina wrote:Man I wan't wait to get to the Faeroes:-)

I had lundi once in Iceland, some years ago...carpaccio from smoked puffin...it was VALHALLA and I would love to have it again! *melts into a puddle on the floor*

To me, Valhalla is pig meat. :wink:

Catharina wrote:I had whale too that night, but it tasted a little like liver, which I don't like so much. I look forward to trying the dried whale strips.

Yeah, I have heard that whale meat is not so tasty, though I want to try it one day.
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Postby Catharina » 2007-03-28, 19:43

Anything that screams when it's killed - I'll eat with pleasure :shock:

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Postby ikkon » 2007-03-29, 17:08

Mulder-21 wrote:I didn't notice this thread until now :P

Well, bird, fish, whale. That about sums it up for national food.

Note: names are in Faroese with links to English Wikipedia articles.

When it comes to bird, we eat lundi, lomvigi, álka, havhestur, skrápur, skarvur, and gás (either grágás or heimagás). Otherwise, it's more or less similar to the rest of the world, except that we've never eaten pigeon here, which is a French delicatesse, I believe. Turkey is also not that common here, duck and goose being far more popular.

When it comes to fish, we eat so many kinds, but toskur, laksur and hýsa are worth mentioning.

Whale is probably the most controversial of all foods eaten by the Faroese. Or well it IS. Commonly there are three species driven, mainly the Grind(ahvalur) (has a link to an article concering whale driving) and much seldomly døglingur and springari.

When it comes to vegetables we're restricted to the potato, which in the Faroes is called epli [e:p_hl_0@], except in Suðuroy, where it's called epl [Epl_0]. All other vegetables and fruits are imported. If you are wondering why the Faroese still are alive without having eaten that many vegetables and fruit, it's because of their diet. Seabirds and marine life has been the source of such things.

Of course, you can't mention the Faroes without mentioning the most commonly accepted reason for the Faroes' name: The Sheep. Pretty much every part of the sheep is eaten: Heart, tongue, eyes, ears, brain, the meat itself of course prepared in various ways etc. A lot of possibilities.

So, that's in short something about the Faroese national foods.

Hunef, it tastes salty.



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Postby Gormur » 2007-03-29, 18:14

Hunef wrote:To me, Valhalla is pig meat. :wink:


Wild boar is delicious, but damn expensive (here)! :( It has a sweeter flavor than pork.

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Wild boar in the wild.


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Wild boar on the table.
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Postby Hunef » 2007-03-29, 22:13

Gormur wrote:
Hunef wrote:To me, Valhalla is pig meat. :wink:


Wild boar is delicious, but damn expensive (here)! :( It has a sweeter flavor than pork.

The Asterix comic books have always made me want to taste wild boar.
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    Obelix with his dinner (I hope he won't be hungry after eating them)..
I mean, this won't make you hungry!?
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    Eating wild boar.
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Postby EmperorOfTheUSA » 2007-03-29, 22:38

ahh, good ol' asterix, anyone know if there is a faroese language version of it? that be awesome

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Postby einhar » 2007-03-30, 0:57

I can´t find any photo of a singed head of lamb, svið, on the Web, but you can see rams scrotum, hrútspunga, on this site.

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Postby Hunef » 2007-03-30, 1:05

einhar, do you eat sheep head like the gutnish people do?
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    Lambskalli 'sheep head', a gutnish delicacy.
Here in Jämtland, we were more into goats than sheep, and we drank the milk rather than eating their meat (which I think my ancestors gave to the dogs). :lol:
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Postby Mulder-21 » 2007-03-30, 15:00

EmperorOfTheUSA wrote:ahh, good ol' asterix, anyone know if there is a faroese language version of it? that be awesome


Not that I know of unfortunately. There are Faroese versions of Valhalla though, if I remember correctly.

Anyway, we eat svíð aswell, we call it 'sviðin seyðarhøvd'.

Ram testicles are in some circles considered a real delicase, in Faroese they're called 'hvítanýru'

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Postby einhar » 2007-12-22, 23:20

Hunef wrote:einhar, do you eat sheep head like the gutnish people do?
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    Lambskalli 'sheep head', a gutnish delicacy.
Here in Jämtland, we were more into goats than sheep, and we drank the milk rather than eating their meat (which I think my ancestors gave to the dogs). :lol:


I made an inquiry in the Icelandic website - visindavefur.is - and asked if the word lambskalli was found in Icelandic.
The answer (http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=6835) from the Icelandic scientist was much of a dissapointment to me. After trying to guide them,in an email, where the origin of lambskalli came from, they withdraw their answer, but several weeks later it came back with some changes, but again the origin of lambskalli was wrong. They still quote to this Faroese Unilang thread and think the origin is Faroese.
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Sat þar á haugi

ok sló hörpu

gýgjar hirðir

glaðr Egðir;

gól um hánum

í gaglviði

fagrrauðr hani,

sá er Fjalarr heitir.

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Postby Hunef » 2007-12-23, 22:22

einhar wrote:
Hunef wrote:einhar, do you eat sheep head like the gutnish people do?
    Image
    Lambskalli 'sheep head', a gutnish delicacy.
Here in Jämtland, we were more into goats than sheep, and we drank the milk rather than eating their meat (which I think my ancestors gave to the dogs). :lol:


A made an inquiry in the Icelandic website - visindavefur.is - and asked if the word lambskalli was found in Icelandic.
The answer (http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=6835) from the Icelandic scientist was much of a dissapointment to me. After trying to guide them,in an email, where the origin of lambskalli came from they withdraw their answer, but several weeks later it came back with some changes, but again the origin of lambskalli was still wrong. They still quote to this Faroese Unilang thread and think the origin is Faroese.

Oh, damn. I have unintentionally messed up your language by inventing the the normalized spelling lambskalli for Gutnish lambskalle (phonetically more correct and the usual spelling). :oops:
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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Postby einhar » 2007-12-24, 23:47

Hunef wrote:Oh, damn. I have unintentionally messed up your language by inventing the the normalized spelling lambskalli for Gutnish lambskalle (phonetically more correct and the usual spelling). :oops:


Just think about the power of Unilang :!:
The scientists just see the word lambskalli in a Faroese thread - conclusion :arrow: the origin is Faroese :roll: What a great diggers they are :(
I recommend a Nobel prize for their great work :idea:
Sat þar á haugi

ok sló hörpu

gýgjar hirðir

glaðr Egðir;

gól um hánum

í gaglviði

fagrrauðr hani,

sá er Fjalarr heitir.

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Postby Hunef » 2007-12-25, 0:25

einhar wrote:
Hunef wrote:Oh, damn. I have unintentionally messed up your language by inventing the the normalized spelling lambskalli for Gutnish lambskalle (phonetically more correct and the usual spelling). :oops:


Just think about the power of Unilang :!:
The scientists just see the word lambskalli in a Faroese thread - conclusion :arrow: the origin is Faroese :roll: What a great diggers they are :(
I recommend a Nobel prize for their great work :idea:

You just have to email them about it. I am sure even bad scientists can be corrected. :?
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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